Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-ma...@linutronix.de> writes:
> Since commit b4abf91047cf ("rtmutex: Make wait_lock irq safe") the rtmutex
> wait_lock is irq safe. Therefore the irqsave/restore in kernel/signal is no
> longer required (see Patch 2/2). During discussions about v1 of this patch,
> Eric Biederman noticed, that there is a no longer valid rcu_read_unlock()
> documentation.
>
> Therefore sending a short queue: fixing first the documentation of
> rcu_read_unlock() and afterwards removing irqsave/restore in
> kernel/signal.
Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebied...@xmission.com>
>
> v1..v2:
>
> - Add new patch updating rcu documentation as suggested by Eric Biederman
> - Udpate commit message of kernel/signal patch
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anna-Maria
>
>
> Anna-Maria Gleixner (2):
> rcu: Update documentation of rcu_read_unlock()
> signal: Remove no longer required irqsave/restore
>
> include/linux/rcupdate.h | 4 +---
> kernel/signal.c | 24 +++++++-----------------
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
